The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink."

Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water."

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.

But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life -- the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him."

Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time!"

Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?"

For I have given you an example -- you should do just as I have done for you.

Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son.

Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)

"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever --

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,

because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one --

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."